Lingner v. Lingner

Mr. Chibe Justioe GreeN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case the wife filed her bill seeking a divorce from bed and board on the ground (1) of cruel and inhuman conduct and (2) abandonment and failure to provide for her. The husband filed an answer denying the charges of the bill and by way of cross bill sought a divorce himself on the ground of cruel and inhuman conduct. Considerable proof was heard and-the chancellor dismissed the cross-bill, dismissed the bill insofar as it charged cruel and inhuman conduct, but sustained the bill upon the charge of abandonment and failure to…